diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
index f545cb99388a..535b9079943c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -418,6 +418,34 @@ out:
 	return xdp_act;
 }
 
+static struct sk_buff *dpaa2_eth_copybreak(struct dpaa2_eth_channel *ch,
+					   const struct dpaa2_fd *fd,
+					   void *fd_vaddr)
+{
+	u16 fd_offset = dpaa2_fd_get_offset(fd);
+	u32 fd_length = dpaa2_fd_get_len(fd);
+	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
+	unsigned int skb_len;
+
+	if (fd_length > DPAA2_ETH_DEFAULT_COPYBREAK)
+		return NULL;
+
+	skb_len = fd_length + dpaa2_eth_needed_headroom(NULL);
+
+	skb = napi_alloc_skb(&ch->napi, skb_len);
+	if (!skb)
+		return NULL;
+
+	skb_reserve(skb, dpaa2_eth_needed_headroom(NULL));
+	skb_put(skb, fd_length);
+
+	memcpy(skb->data, fd_vaddr + fd_offset, fd_length);
+
+	dpaa2_eth_recycle_buf(ch->priv, ch, dpaa2_fd_get_addr(fd));
+
+	return skb;
+}
+
 /* Main Rx frame processing routine */
 static void dpaa2_eth_rx(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 			 struct dpaa2_eth_channel *ch,
@@ -459,9 +487,12 @@ static void dpaa2_eth_rx(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 			return;
 		}
 
-		dma_unmap_page(dev, addr, priv->rx_buf_size,
-			       DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
-		skb = dpaa2_eth_build_linear_skb(ch, fd, vaddr);
+		skb = dpaa2_eth_copybreak(ch, fd, vaddr);
+		if (!skb) {
+			dma_unmap_page(dev, addr, priv->rx_buf_size,
+				       DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+			skb = dpaa2_eth_build_linear_skb(ch, fd, vaddr);
+		}
 	} else if (fd_format == dpaa2_fd_sg) {
 		WARN_ON(priv->xdp_prog);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h
index 9ba31c2706bb..f8d2b4769983 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ struct dpaa2_eth_trap_data {
 	struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv;
 };
 
+#define DPAA2_ETH_DEFAULT_COPYBREAK	512
+
 /* Driver private data */
 struct dpaa2_eth_priv {
 	struct net_device *net_dev;